 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF. You will find members here who have been successfully treated all over the world and probably recommend their center. A Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) would be the best place to seek a second opinion. These facilities usually have top notch physicians who work with a team based approach.
Im a bit surprised that you were given the second option. If your father is otherwise healthy than why would doing nothing even be an option? Many OC patients have had radiation twice with a few here even going thru it 3 times. Going thru radiation can be brutal but it can also take care of eliminating the cancer just like surgery can. There are options out there, you just need to get some other opinions where they dont say giving up is one of the 2 choices.
As far as a recurrence goes, many here (including myself) have been thru OC more than once. It can be done!
Best wishes!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
